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Audiobooks for Sleep: Meditation Apps There are lots of meditation and sleep apps available to download to your phone with free versions and paid subscriptions. I took a look at how audiobooks are incorporated into two of the major apps, Calm and Simple Habit. Calm features a large library of sleep stories, some read by celebrity narrators like Kate Winslet, Kelly Rowland, and Cillian Murphy. Their featured genres include Sleep Stories for Kids, Non-Fiction, Nature, ASMR, and of course Trains (so good!...

If you’re just getting started, make sure to register your Little Free Library on the official website. This lets other librarians know that you are in the area, and patrons can use the Little Free Library map to visit. When you register, you’ll purchase an official Little Free Library sign. These come with unique charter numbers, special to your specific library! The Little Free Library plaques you see most often are purchased through the official site....

When a new book in a series comes out, we usually forget what transpired in the previous installment. We might even feel the need to reread it. As a big science fiction and fantasy reader, it’s hard keeping track of all the various storylines of the books I read. It also doesn’t help that a new book in a series usually comes out yearly. By the time it’s released, we don’t recall the previous book’s convoluted plot threads already....

It would be another eight years before Tuck Everlasting would reenter my life and start making more sense to me. In college, as a Literature major, I had this unspoken habit at the beginning of every semester in the school bookstore: while browsing for the books I needed for my own classes, I would also tend to buy other books that I didn’t need for school, but rather for my own bookshelf....

También de este lado hay sueños. On this side too, there are dreams. Lydia Quixano Pérez runs a bookstore in the Mexican city of Acapulco. She has a son, Luca, and by and large, they live a fairly comfortable life. But when Lydia’s wonderful journalist husband publishes a tell-all profile of Javier, the jefe of the newest drug cartel, Lydia and eight-year-old Luca are forced to flee. None of their lives will ever be the same as they join the countless people trying to reach el norte....

Likewise, Book Twitter has had its share of true gems. Earlier this summer, bookish users explained why they would be deleting their dating apps. The trend was to say you’d rather meet someone the old fashioned way (insert witty romance novel anecdote). (My personal fave was “he loves me most ardently, I could never be prevailed upon to marry him.”) Well, friends, Twitter is at it again. This time, users are sharing what they’ve learned from romance novels....

“‘In terms of “Doctor Who” specifically, here we have a hugely popular character that epitomizes the best of the science fiction imagination,” Hunter says. “A character that can go anywhere in time and in space, and who contains within themselves the ability to reiterate into new facets of that character. The potential for diverse storytelling here, in every sense of that word, is one of the most potent that currently exists within the science fiction genre....

Hemingway-Inspired Goods on Etsy Isn’t it pretty to think so? Gosh, I love this line so much. Get this print as an instant download for $6.60. In case you’ve ever wanted a pendant of Papa from his (very handsome) youth. $10.50. Or maybe you just really need to wear a T-shirt with the face of your favorite writer on it. $20. Please admire this piece that sliced up the covers for all of Hemingway’s books and made them into one....

Sure, there might have been books before those (I’m sure there were), but that’s the first time I can really remember being a part of something larger with books. The shared love of the series with friends of mine created a bond that eventually spread beyond just BSC books — and even today, 35 years later, some of these friends and I still message on social media about books we’ve read and share them with each other....

But first, a warning: Mercury will enter retrograde a total of four times in 2022, and the first occurrence is right around the corner. Mercury retrograde is a periodic optical illusion in which our vantage point from Earth makes it appear that the planet is moving backwards. Although Mercury is moving as normal, this phase can have some kooky astrological effects on us Earthlings. Mercury will be in retrograde from January 14 through February 3....

Which is part of why I find cover design so fascinating. Especially these days, with a constant influx of amazing new books coming our way and Bookstagram accounts showing off gorgeous covers, image is important. And I love seeing how different cover designs can completely change our perception of a book, making it more eye-catching or setting a completely different tone. From international covers to new editions, these 10 gorgeous cover redesigns will show you just how much we all judge a book by its cover....

There once was a time when the only thing I knew about Korean dramas was encompassed in the cycle of commercials that played on the televisions hanging in various locations at my favorite restaurant for both bibimbap and sushi. And then, one summer when we were all sitting at home, all of my favorite online people were saying four words that made absolutely no sense to me: Crash. Landing. On....

In recent weeks, between season 8 of Game of Thrones and Avengers: EndGame, spoilers have been a hot topic of discussion. When is it okay to discuss spoilers? When is a spoiler alert necessary? When is it your fault if you spoiled something for someone? Should people not be allowed to live-tweet TV episodes? (I should clarify: no spoilers are contained in this article.) Now, I really, really abhor spoilers....

If you’re asking that question, there’s hundreds of lists of suggestions on the Internet to help you out – many on this very site! There’s rec lists for good places to start with Batman, with Spider-Man, with Image or indie comics, with comics for kids or comics for women or comics about cartoon ducks. (I, uh, may be the person to blame for that last one.) Maybe you’ve taken a look at these lists, picked a few comics, enjoyed them, and are happy where you’re at....

Stamped from the Beginning is more than just the history of racism and racial progress. Kendi uses meticulous research and the life stories of five “historical tour guides.” Through these histories, Kendi reveals how racism and anti-racist ideas were not born from ignorance. Rather, they were carefully built by some of America’s most intellectual leaders. Stamped from the Beginning won the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 2016. The Washington Post called this book, “engrossing and relentless....

I fell in love with Kevin R. Free’s skills as a narrator after listening to The Sun Does Shine (I’ll tell you about it in a minute) and since then, he’s vaulted onto my list of go-to A+ narrators. He’s got a talent for sinking into one voice and giving a sustained emotional performance that’s almost impossible to stop listening to. But he also excels at doing character voices when called for....

Mutual aid groups have been supporting recovery, as have some of the state’s large and small nonprofits and even some of their own businesses (HEB, the state’s beloved grocery chain, has once again stepped up to do what they can to ensure residents have safe food and water). It’s still early in recovery for storm survivors and many are still assessing the damage. For readers and book lovers who are eager to pitch in from places outside Texas, a number of fundraisers, scholarships, and other financial resources have been set up to aid in recovery efforts....

All of these things are worth knowing, and explain why a periodic roundup of new titles is beyond warranted. These books appeal to young readers, of course, but because they’re the books most often purchased for those little hands by parents, caretakers, teachers, and librarians. Board books are sturdy and meant to withstand a lot of rereads, a lot of teeth marks, and a lot of being left in places where they could weather the elements....

The Matchmaker’s List by Sonya Lalli Raina Anand may have finally given in to family pressure and agreed to let her Indian-immigrant grandmother play matchmaker, but that doesn’t mean she has to like it–or that she has to play by the rules. Because what Nani doesn’t know won’t hurt her… As Raina’s life spirals into a parade of Nani-approved bachelors and disastrous blind dates, she must find a way out of this modern-day arranged-marriage trap without shattering her beloved grandmother’s dreams....

The letter was organized by KT Literary Agency associate assistant Chelsea Hensley. Among the letter signers are other KT Literary Agency staff, some Aevitas Agency staff, and a number of Janklow & Nesbit staff. In the letter, the agents address the HarperCollins People Team and show their support for the HCP Union, saying “we and our clients have benefitted greatly from the passion and expertise of HarperCollins’ staff, and we stand with them in their demands for a living wage, a more equitable workplace and stronger union protections....